Cuspivolva celzardi

Cuspivolva celzardi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Cuspivolva celzardi
Shell of Cuspivolva celzardi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Ovulidae
Subfamily:
Prionovolvinae
Genus:
Cuspivolva
Species:
C. celzardi
Binomial name
Cuspivolva celzardi
(Fehse, 2008)
Synonyms[1]

Primovula celzardi Fehse, 2008

Description

The length of the shell attains 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the East China Sea.

References
  1. Cuspivolva celzardi (Fehse, 2008). WoRMS (2009). Cuspivolva celzardi (Fehse, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .
  • Fehse, 2008. Contributions to the knowledge of the Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) XXI. A new species in the genus Primovula. Visaya 2(3): 64–67
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks


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